Princeton Problems in Physics with Solutions / / Nathan Newbury, Mark Newman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Newbury, Nathan,; Newman, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1991
• Rok vydání: 2015
• Jazyk: English
• Fyzický popis: 1 online resource (336 p.)

Aimed at helping the physics student to develop a solid grasp of basic graduate-level material, this book presents worked solutions to a wide range of informative problems. These problems have been culled from the preliminary and general examinations created by the physics department at Princeton University for its graduate program. The authors, all students who have successfully completed the examinations, selected these problems on the basis of usefulness, interest, and originality, and have provided highly detailed solutions to each one. Their book will be a valuable resource not only to other students but to college physics teachers as well. The first four chapters pose problems in the areas of mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, and thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, thereby serving as a review of material typically covered in undergraduate courses. Later chapters deal with material new to most first-year graduate students, challenging them on such topics as condensed matter, relativity and astrophysics, nuclear physics, elementary particles, and atomic and general physics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Problems -- Chapter 1. Mechanics -- Chapter 2. Electricity &: Magnetism -- Chapter 3. Quantum Mechanics -- Chapter 4. Thermodynamics &; Statistical Mechanics -- Chapter 5. Condensed Matter Physics -- Chapter 6. Relativity &c Astrophysics -- Chapter 7. Nuclear Physics -- Chapter 8. Elementary Particle Physics -- Chapter 9. Atomic & General Physics -- Part II. Solutions -- Chapter 10. Mechanics - Solutions -- Chapter 11. Electricity & Magnetism - Solutions -- Chapter 12. Quantum Mechanics - Solutions -- Chapter 13. Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics - Solutions -- Chapter 14. Condensed Matter Physics - Solutions -- Chapter 15. Relativity & Astrophysics - Solutions -- Chapter 16. Nuclear Physics - Solutions -- Chapter 17. Elementary Particle Physics - Solutions -- Chapter 18. Atomic & General Physics - Solutions -- Bibliography -- Index